On what basis should we believe it, Sheena?
By ignoring his past?
His past behavior is a far more reliable indicator of future performance than anything he says. Or anything you say.
Passionate defender of abortion on demand and donor to Planned Parenthood, endorsed in return by the Majority for Choice PAC.
Passionate advocate of the homosexual agenda, endorsed twice in return by the homosexual Log Cabin Republicans.
Member of the board of Marriott, where for ten years he personally profited in part from the corp’s sale of an estimated quarter-billion dollars’ worth of X-rated films during that time.
Still to this day opposes the Boy Scouts policy protecting 12 year olds from exposure to teens or adults openly involved in homosexual behavior.
Just last week endorsed state-level “gay rights” laws.
Still supports various gun control laws such as the Assault Weapons Ban and the Brady Bill.
Voted for liberal Democrat Paul Tsongas in the 1992 presidential primary, then dissed Ronald Reagan and Jesse Helms, insisting he wasn’t even a Republican during the Reagan administration.
But we’re supposed to flip off our capacity for rational analysis, swallow whole cloth his fantastic claim that at age 58 he finally discovered his core values, and just “believe” that despite that liberal history, he’ll be all that conservatives long and hope for?
You may be that gullible. I certainly am not.